Friday, 6 January 2012

Friday's Daffs!

Last Friday I posted about the first daffodils that were coming up in our garden and I've tried to post a daffodil shot every day of this first week of 2012.There were 3 when I wrote that first post and today I counted 11, not bad for one week.

Yesterday the weather was so bad I couldn't get a shot but the sun has been out for a short while this afternoon and so out I went, too.
After moving some of the dead leaves that are mulching the ground beneath (alright I've been too lazy to clear them away) I found plenty more shoots and also a few daffodil bulbs that some creature has dug up (possibly a field mouse) and started nibbling on.
I quickly dug a large hole and popped those back in, they'll possibly survive and bloom later in the Spring.
Hopefully my Normandy daffs have cheered up the first few days of January for you, I know that they bring a smile to my face each time I see them, even on the gloomiest day.

11 comments:

They are lovely daffodils Maggie and very early. I haven't been out much this week to see if there are any around yet. We might go to RHS Wisley over the weekend, so I will look out and photograph them. Hopefully there will be some snowdrops out soon. I have some polyanthus in flower in the front garden and one tiny Forsythia flower on what looks like a dead bush.

Hi Maggie, Love the daffodil header. Perfect for the beginning of the new year. I am keeping my own daff watch. Jim put out about fifty bulbs last fall, hope they like their new home and show me how much with their little yellow heads bobbing in the cold wind. Your blog always cheers me Maggie. Wishing you the very best for the New Year!

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Home is a 16th/18th century former Presbytery situated in a tiny village, surrounded by beautiful Normandy countryside.
I share it with my lovely husband and best friend of over 37 years, and M'selle Fleur our gorgeous German Shepherd.